FHSM VP-321
Megacephalosaurus eulerti (Schumacher et al., 2013)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
MegacephalosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
eulertiClass
ReptiliaAuthor
Schumacher et al.Order
PlesiosauriaYear
2013Family
PliosauridaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1950-10-01Identified By
Sternberg, G.F.Date Identified
1950-11-12Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skull; Complete Skull, ; Skeleton; Partial Skeleton,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RussellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GreenhornMember
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 8)
Everhart, M.J., Darnell, M.K.. 2004. Occurrence of Ptychodus mammilaris (Elasmobranchii) in the Fairport Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 107:126-130
Liggett, G.A., Shimada, K., Bennett, S.C., & Schumacher, B.A.. 2005. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas. PaleoBios, 25:42995
Schumacher, B.A., . 2008. On the Skull of a Pliosaur (Plesiosauria; Pliosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Early Turonian) of the North American Western Interior. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:203-218
Schumacher, B.A., Carpenter, K. & Everhart, M.J.. 2013. A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (Middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:613-628
Schumacher, B.A., Everhart, M.J. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of Central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola, 5:33-54
Albright, L.B., 2007. Plesiosaurs from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 1: new records of the pliosaur Brachauchenius lucasi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:31-40
Everhart, M.J., 2009. Probable plesiosaur remains from the Blue Hill Shale (Carlile Formation; middle Turonian) of north central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:215-221
Madzia, D., 2019. Morphological and phylogenetic aspects of the dentition of Megacephalosaurus eulerti, a pleasured from the Turonian of Kansas, USA, with remarks on the cranial anatomy of the taxon. Geological Magazine. , 156:1201-1216